The Shemwell Family

Nettie M Power1864

Name
Nettie M Power
Given names
Nettie M
Surname
Power
Birth 1864 42 34
Death of a sisterMariah Power
May 5, 1864
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Birth of a brotherWilliam Sherman Power
1865 (Age 12 months)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 3 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 3 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherRichard Yates Power
November 24, 1868 (Age 4 years)
Death of a brotherAndrew Power
about 1869 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 5 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Birth of a sisterHarriet Lear “Hattie” Power
February 2, 1870 (Age 6 years)
Census July 16, 1870 (Age 6 years)
Death of a sisterMary Elizabeth Power
before 1871 (Age 7 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Wesley Power
April 21, 1871 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterAlice Power
1872 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a sisterLouisa L Power
after 1886 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a motherMary Anna Lear
September 27, 1908 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 52 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 53 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 54 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death of a brotherJohn Franklin Power
April 20, 1919 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 65 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a brotherHenry Clay Power
October 4, 1932 (Age 68 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Lear Power
June 16, 1942 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 77 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 86 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a sisterHarriet Lear “Hattie” Power
October 27, 1959 (Age 95 years)
Death of a brotherRichard Yates Power
February 13, 1962 (Age 98 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 82 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: December 21, 1849Clinton, Illinois, United States
2 months
elder brother
Henry Clay Power
Birth: February 1850 28 20Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: October 4, 1932Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
23 months
elder sister
Mary Elizabeth Power
Birth: 1851 29 21Illinois, United States
Death: before 1871Aviston, Clinton, Illinois, United States
18 months
elder brother
John Franklin Power
Birth: June 22, 1852 30 23Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: April 20, 1919Blackstone, Nottoway, Virginia, United States
3 years
elder sister
Louisa L Power
Birth: February 4, 1855 33 25Aviston, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: after 1886Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
11 months
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Mariah Power
Birth: November 6, 1858 37 29Aviston, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: May 5, 1864Jefferson, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder brother
Andrew Power
Birth: about 1861 39 31Illinois, United States
Death: about 1869Jefferson, Illinois, United States
4 years
herself
2 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
Richard Yates Power
Birth: November 24, 1868 47 39Illinois, United States
Death: February 13, 1962Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States
14 months
younger sister
3 years
younger sister

Nettie M Power has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Power - Household

Jefferson, Illinois, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Power, John Whead48MWfarmerMO
Power, Mary Awife42FWPA
Power, Henry Cson20MWIL
Power, John Sson17MWIL
Power, Louisa Adaughter15FWIL
Power, Charles Lson14MWIL
Power, Nettie Mdaughter6FWIL
Power, William Sson5MWIL
Power, Richardson2MWIL
Power, ---daughter3mFWIL